Maybe you’ve heard about Tropical Storm Ernesto? Well we’ve been keeping a close eye on it because it’s supposed to increase to a hurricane by Wednesday! The first predictions had it heading south of Jamaica, then on toward the Yucatan Peninsula and making landfall just south of Cozumel, but each day I check my hurricane app on my Android phone, it is projecting a little more south… and now today I looked and it is supposed to make landfall just north of Belize City, which means we will be pretty much right in its path. But, not to worry, at this point they don’t expect Ernesto to progress to more than a Category 1, which only produces a max of 75mph. That’s enough to cause some surging on Caye Caulker though, so we’re still taking precautions… stocking up on water and food, etc.
Hmm… just checked again, and now they are predicting Ernesto to pick up to a Category 2… the latest headline reads “Tropical storm Ernesto rapidly intensifying, tracking towards Belize”… hmmm, well, that’s a little more serious!
The report says “The once-feeble tropical storm Ernesto is now an ominous and rapidly-intensifying storm heading for Honduras and Belize, likely as a hurricane….The storm is forecast to skim the northern coast of Honduras over the next couple of days before it makes landfall on Belize, likely as a hurricane early on Wednesday. NHC projects the storm will have maximum winds of 90 mph at that time.” (that is 145kph)
Well, hopefully it doesn’t decide to increase any more than that!
We’ll keep you posted!